Stuff From Around Arkansas, May 27

Text Appeal: Max at the Arkansas Times is all over allegations of rigged voting in last week’s “American Idol” competition won by Arkansan Kris Allen. It’s the first time in recorded history an Arkansas Democrat has expressed interest in allegations of vote fraud. (Arkansas Times)

Temporal: Federal stimulus cash will allow state Dept. of Human Services to hire 112 temporary workers. Raise your hand if you believe those jobs will go away at the end of 2010. Yeah, me neither. (AP)

Going Viral: Prepare to meet thy doom, courtesy of West Nile Virus, which replaces swine flu as our plague of the month. (Arkansas News Bureau)

More Rickrolling: Redstate.org looks at GOP challenger Rick Crawford in Arkansas’ First District. (RedState)

Snake Handler: Democratic Rep. Marion Berry on Obama’s workload: “He’s been killing snakes with both hands since before he got out of the car.” Is that some kind of eastern Arkansas practice I’m not familiar with, or is it just a bunch of folksy concepts that seem to make sense when strung together due to the magic of English syntax? (The Hill)